Luzius Wildhaber (18 January 1937, Basel, Switzerland – 22 July 2020[1]) was a Swiss judge.

He was the first president of the European Court of Human Rights in its new format after the ratification of Protocol 11, which opened up direct access for citizens from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe.

[4] At the university he served as professor, dean and rector at different times.

[3] He was elected a judge of the European Court of Human rights in 1991 and served as its president from 1 November 1998 to 18 January 2007.

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